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Probability Distributions: Discrete

In: Foundations of Biostatistics

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  • M. Ataharul Islam

    (University of Dhaka, ISRT)

  • Abdullah Al-Shiha

    (College of Science, King Saud University, Department of Statistics and Operations Research)

Abstract

The discrete probability distributionsProbability distribution discrete are introduced in this chapter. The general rules of a discrete probability distributions are illustrated and the concepts of expected value and varianceVariance are shown. The rules are illustrated with a number of examples. This chapter includes brief introduction of the Bernoulli distribution, binomial distributionBinomial distribution , Poisson distributionPoisson distribution , geometric distributionGeometric distribution , multinomial distribution, hypergeometric distributionHypergeometric distribution and negative binomial distributionNegative binomial distribution . The important properties of these distributions are discussed and illustrated with examples. The applications of these useful distributions are given high priority.

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  • M. Ataharul Islam & Abdullah Al-Shiha, 2018. "Probability Distributions: Discrete," Springer Books, in: Foundations of Biostatistics, chapter 0, pages 103-135, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-981-10-8627-4_4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-8627-4_4
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